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Beyond the Hype: Assessing What We Know About the PassiveLogic Ecosystem, So Far
December 4th, 2023#Podcast 22: How Different Metadata Schemas are Converging to Model Buildings!
July 10th, 2023
Silvair’s Lighting-based Building Intelligence Business Examined
In this research note we examine Silvair, a California-based and lighting-focused IoT software solutions provider with Polish origins. The firm has developed an innovative technology for wireless communication of devices on an open-source mesh topology and is currently commercializing its product in the form of software and services with a particular focus on smart lighting systems. […]
Smart Buildings Are Being Forced into a Cyber AI Arms Race
Cyber-attacks now rank alongside natural disasters and climate change as one of humanity’s top ten risks globally, according to the World Economic Forum. Like pandemics and global economic crises, a wide range of buildings, businesses, public services, and almost every facet of society is at risk after the widespread proliferation of connected technologies, such as the […]
Cross-Compatible Data Ontologies to Create a Smarter Buildings Market
The smarter a building is, the more data it produces, so as smart buildings mature they face an ever-increasing data management problem. The more data a building produces, the more accurate and insightful its smart systems can be, but only if the data can be harnessed, otherwise that growing “data lake” becomes a costly burden. […]
Convergence of Key Ontologies Could Drive the Standardization of Smart Buildings
“The effective harmonization of building data from different systems has long posed a challenge. Recently there has been a big push in the smart buildings market to develop improved frameworks, models and ontologies for smart building data management,” reads our latest research study on the IoT in buildings. “New semantic data models that provide a common […]
How Can the Commercial Real Estate Industry Improve Technology Outcomes?
Is there one simple thing the commercial real estate industry could do to improve technology outcomes? Yes! Break down knowledge silos and share information. That’s why we created the open-source Developers Smart Building Project Canvas with help from Vanti and LMG (lmgiq.com) Watch my presentation at last month’s Smart Building Conference to learn more about […]
Standards Vs Ecosystems: The Battle for Interoperability
Our physical world is being colonized by digital technology that seeks to sense, interpret, interface, and augment the human experience. Across the built environment, connected devices promise to feed advanced AI systems with all manner of data on the real world to bring about advanced automation and actionable insight. However, the sheer scale of the […]
Webinar: The Developers Smart Building Project Canvas
Please join us on Tuesday 8th March at 1700 Paris | 1600 London | 1100 New York | 0800 San Francisco for our 3rd FREE Webinar in the 2022 Smart Buildings Series. We will be joined by Mike Brooman, CEO of Vanti, to discuss The Developers Smart Building Project Canvas and how it can help commercial real […]
How can you Start to Adopt Technology in your Buildings with the Confidence to Succeed?
The technology around smart buildings can often feel alien to even the most experienced property professionals, especially when embarking on first time projects. The desire to create a smart building without understanding what you want the technology to achieve or the practical steps necessary for success, can often lead to problems. How can we give […]
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